I was just going through all our pictures that we have taken all the years that were hidden in a box. I came across this picture of mine with some of my family with me. If I remember it was taken in the early 80’s. I must be like 13 or 14 years old. With me on this photos are my siblings and cousins and nephews. This is our route from our house to the main road where we would catch a jeepney to go to GenSan. In those days there was no motorcycle yet to take us.
Ever since I can remember my parents had this kariton (cart pulled by the carabao). It really is used a lot on our land, especially during harvest time. We put a lot of coconuts in it that just were being harvested from the tree and be brought to our Tapahan (a place to process the coconut to dry). That’s the place that Bob has a video when he was working in our farm a few months back. Nowadays a lot of the kariton, they use a truck tire instead of a spoked wooden wheel. It is easier I think for the carabao to handle when its dry season. During rainy days this tire in the picture is much more helpful. It won’t get stuck easily in the mud. That’s how I remember my dad said. It is also good when passing through a river.
During the mid 90’s our Barangay Captain was lucky enough to get the budget for a nice bridge. They built it. It was really nice. I saw it when I took a day to visit at our farm. I was impressed and some jeepney that are en route to other municipalities would even swing by at our barangay to get some passengers. It was really nice then because the people can transport their product easily to the city. Somehow the bridge just lasted for a few years. The budget was really for a good bridge and I think a lot of the money it went to the pocket of somebody. Sad to say some part of the bridge was wash out by the flood. The farmers now really had a hard time bringing their products to the city. Not much vehicle would go there because the road that’s not passing through the river is bad too. I wish and pray that the Barangay Captain now will do something to rebuild the bridge. It is really important to all the people there to have that bridge done again. I think that hill behind us on the photo was now washed away slowly by the flood too. My family are trying to talk to the Barangay Captain to really asked the Mayor or the Governor of the Sarangani Province for another budget and have the bridge fixed properly and let the money go to the proper use instead of someone’s pocket.
When I was growing up one of our neighbor had a buying and selling business, they buy corn, copra and other products. They also had a mini super market and convenience store. At least with them the people in the farm will sell products to them and they are the one that will transport the product to GenSan or somewhere else. It was good to the people at our farm.
In the early 80’s their was rumor that NPA is around the area. And it happened that the wife of our neighbor that had money was kidnapped. She was held for a few weeks. After her releas the family decided that they will move out in the farm and they lived in the next barrio that they felt they are safer. Our farm was like a ghost for a few years. Even my parents moved to GenSan until my dad died. I know that it was dangerous to live in the farm, my dad know a lot of the local people and even the muslims. Even them they told my dad to get out of there and stay somewhere that’s safe. Thank God that after a few years of being hostile now our place my beloved farmland is safe again. I hope it stays like that for our lifetime.
It really is good to see my old photo again and think back of my childhood. It brought back a lot of joy and some sad memories.
Mabuhay!
Hi Feyma
Just like you I love to go through old pictures and remember the good old days.
Hi Dan Mihaliak – Thats for sure.
Thanks for stopping by!
Hi Feyma
Malcolm here from UK? What a lovely picture, it reminds me of quiet times and days gone by, like an old painting by an English artist called Constable
All the best
Malcolm and Jenny
Who is that gwapang babae in the picture? 😯
what a fresh air ride…..pa sakay. bisan kabit lang. hehehehe
Hello Feyma
Looking at the pictures reminds me of my experience growing up in Bohol in the early 70's.Those were some of the happiest days of my life.We did'nt have much in a way of material accumulation but we were extremely happy then.Perhaps having less is more ,is the only explanation I can offer. Mag hinay hinay lang inday huh?
Hi Malcolm – Ha ha ha. Hmm, that ancient? 😀
Hey, nice seeing you here again. Kumusta to Jenny.
Take care!
Hi Hon – 🙂 😆
Hi Evelyn – Very nice ride. Hey theirs still more space for you to ride. 😉 Hop in… 😆
Hi Julius – You are so right. Those days are really worry free.
Hinay hinay jud para dili mahulog! 😆 😀 🙄
Thank you for stopping by!
😉 Hi Ma'am Feyma! It is always nice to reminisce the past. I missed riding in a kariton already..hehe! it's good you still have that photo.
Have a blessed weekdays =) God bless you po!
Cidy
Hi Feyma,
Truly, truly, truly love the picture!!! I can't help but marvel at the way it transports a viewer to the golden times, a simpler past. It's like looking at an Amorsolo painting… Spellbinding…
I bet you can turn that into postcards or notecards and they would sell. If you other such pictures, please post them.
Hi Cidy – Hey we could go to our farm together and ride the kariton with the kids too. 😉 😆
How are you? When are you going to come up here in Davao and see us? Hope to see you soon. Let us know when you really head up here. You take care my dear!
Thank you for stopping by here on the LIP.
Hi Feyma, nice picture. Brings back nostalgic days. I have a similar one, not on a kariton, but on the carabao – black and white. I used to swim in the river too in Tuban (southern Davao) – happy days those days. Just like your story, we stopped going there anymore because of the NPAs.
Take care,
Ellen
Hi ecstasy – Wow nakakataba ng puso… From the bottom of my heart thank you so much. I'm glad you like the picture.
Sure I post some more in the future…
Thank you very much for stopping by. Have a good weekend!
Hi Ellen – I would like to see your photo. Thats really a good one with carabao. It is really good to look back at the good old days. I felt young again. 😉
I'm surprise you don't swim much in Samal in those days? You had a good place in Samal near the beach.
Thank you for stopping by! Take care and God bless!
G'day Feyna,
I also like to look at old pictures,,kind like reminiscing…
in my case a lot of pictures of my family and mine..had been lost because our house had been on fire year 2000. Would you believe the first thing I did after ..collecting as much as i can to get all the pictures.,especially my oldies that passed away…Sometimes even now a days I asked some of my friends if they were able to still keep some of my pictures..It's a funny feeling ..when you got one and then it become a subject to talk about the old days..yahh feel sad and happy with the memories it brings..
Now a days I make sure that i got a copy to my hardrive,dvd etc..because for me pictures tells a thousand words…
Happy 18th Anniversary
Wishi you the best of everything… 🙂
hi feyma,
precious moments indeed! life is so much simpler, uncomplicated and fun back then. i wish i have more pictures of my younger years to look back on. we couldn't afford photos – they were a luxury back then.
would you take us to your farm when we visit the phil. Happy anniversary!
Hi Feyma-I'am going through all our old photo's and scanning them so I can make DVDs to bring with us to the Phil's when we come. It seems like an ever ending job but I don't want to loose any of the old memories.
When I look at them my mind travels back to the time of the photo and time passes ever so quickly.
Kind regards.
Jim.
Happy Anniversary (belated) to you and Bob. It is a privilege and an encouragement to get to "peek" into your lives.
Hi Jocelyn Green – Sorry to hear about the fire. Hopefully you will get a lot of it from friends.
It really is fun remembering the good old days. The story and the memories is really priceless.
We also keep some copies of our photos to our hardrive too.
Hey thanks for the greetings. I really appreciate very much!
Cheers!
H Jan – It's true. Its more costly before than now. With the digital you can do a lot in the computer without spending any money.
Sure I will take you to our farm someday.
Thank you for your greetings. Wow 18 years already of being married. As if it was just yesterday. 🙂
Hi Jim – Hey have fun scanning. Really you will be happy at the end. With the dvd you can save that forever.
Its really fun thinking back and remembering the story behind the photo(happy & sad times).
Thank you Jim for stopping by!
Hi R L Graham – Thank you for the greetings. I appreciate very much. It's fun sharing with you guys the life that we experience living here in the Philippines.
Cheers!
Hi Feyma!
My wife and I can't wait to go back to our farm in Silway 7. It makes me smile when people there have trouble understanding that living on the farm is preferable to living in the US. Your kariton is much nicer than the one that I helped to build. We have started a small cow herd and a flock of chickens. I am very happy that people have seen me working beside my brother in-laws so they comment that I am one of the few kanos that is not lazy or arrogant. My wife has finally stopped teasing me if I hold a door for a helper or assist with something heavy. She knows that I am sincere when I say that I am above nobody and that I just want to be equal. We look forward to a simple life surrounded by friends and family.
Hi Tom Ramberg – Good for you and your wife that you already started something before your retiring. You could borrow our kariton. 🙂
I am glad that you had a good time in your wifes place. Good that your already adjusted in living there during your vacation time.
Hope your living there for good soon.